![]() ![]() Sung with a snarl and delivered with swagger, it had that. These are anthems powered by muscle memory rather than momentum, and no one’s here to be converted. Whatever happened to my rock’n’roll howled Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on their artfully noisy debut ‘BRMC’ back in 2001. ![]() It’s also the second time in nine months that the BRMC van has pulled in to Glasgow, and it shows: the Academy’s Monday night crowd is warm but far from rapturous. Driven by Leah Shapiro’s scrupulous drumming, the production is efficient and well oiled. The latter sees the first plastic pint glass go flying, but the two hours that follow, via deeply repetitive new singles such as Question of Faith, sit comfortably in third gear. Rousing favourites such as Beat the Devil’s Tattoo and buzzing, bluesy Ain’t No Easy Way come early in a bloated set that spans the San Francisco band’s 20 years in business. ![]() “I’m waiting on a vision, I’m waiting on the fall of this dead song city,” sneer co-front men Robert Levon Been and Peter Hayes, with ennui but little urgency. From their recent eighth album, Wrong Creatures, it’s a garage-rock foot-stomper with anthemic ambitions that sets a steady pace for this rarely spontaneous evening. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, May 26, 2023. With a thunderclap of reverb, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club surface through a sea of dry ice to roll out Spook’s opening riff. ![]()
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